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A Hard World for a Cat.

This is the very worst world that /
ever got into. declare a cat can't do
a single thing but what some one gets
after it. This morning. when woke
up. l felt thirsty. As like fresh water,
/ was just ready to take cool drink
from the bucket, when heard "scatv'
Well, of course had to run. As l
could not get the water, I went to the
spring house. There was a nice pan
of milk on the table. I took drink
from this pan. Before l knew it, Mary
Jane gave me an awful slap.
ran into the yard and stayed there
till l felt hungry. Then tried to catch
a mouse or a rat in the barn, but none
came out.
went into the dining room to see
what could get to eat. No one was
there, SO what could do but to help
myself. As 1 could not sec what was
ON the table, 1 jumped upon it.
There stood plate of meat. Now
\ like meat, but do not get it often.
20 l was eating finely when quick
ms thought l was thrown out of the
window.
l think the girl treated ME very rude
ly. Don't you think SOP
BY this time felt tired, and as the
baby lay in q very soft bed, l thought
would lie down beside her.
What did the baby do then but
ncream, and her father came to see
what was the matter.
l saw l had better get out of the
way. He threw his slipper at me. ]
heard him say: "Jack, if you don't
make that cat stay in the barn, I'll
drown her."
When heard him, thought it best
70 gu % the barn and stay there. ]
don't dare go near the house for fear
of being drowned.
Now l ask you, my friend, if this il
not hard world for cat to live inP-
School and Home.
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HOW DID HE KNOW
Story Of q Dog Who Would Not Take An
Old Paper to His Master.

Story Of a Dog Who Would Not Take An
Old Paper to His Master.
We have printed some remarkable
stories about dogs, but if what Con-
necticut paper relates of dog owned
by Colonel Newton, of Cromwell, is to
be believed, no more knowing dog has
yet been born. He goes twice day
to the railroad station for the morning
and evening paper. He goes of his
own accord, is Away on time, and
waits just above where the baggage
car is to stop, in the morning at one
place and in the afternoon at another.
"There he waits until the bundle is
thrown off and opened by the station
master, when he takes his paper in his
mouth and Immediately starts for
home. If the weather is rainy he has
piece of oil skin which is kept in a
place where he can get it himself, and
of his own accord he carries this with
him, and the station master wraps it
around the paper before giving
it to him in order that it
may not get wet. On his return
home, he puts the oil-skin away in its
place, against the next rainy day." He
knows the papers and insists on having
the right one. Once, says the Record,
he was fooled. 'In opening the bundle
the station-master slipped one that was
two days old out of his pocket, and
handed it to the dog. Demo took it in
his mouth and started for home. Ar
irving there he took it to his master,
and was rewarded by pat on the head
and kind word. Colonel Newton ad-
justed his spectacles and commenced to
read. OF course he at once discovered
the trick, although he thought at the
time it was only an error. Calling
Demo to him, he told him to take the
paper back, and reprimanded him for
making the mistake. l don't know
what it was he said to him, but
the dog seemed to understand
it for he hung his head
and really looked ashamed. In short
time he was at the station, with the old
paper in his mouth, and going to the
agent laid the paper at his feet, and,
looking in his face gave very short
and very decided bark, as much as TO
say. give me the right paper and Go it
now.' He was offered one that was
day old, but after shifting at it for
moment refused to take it, and not un-
til he was given paper of that date,
would he have any thing to do with it.
Since then, although an attempt has
been made several times to fool him
again, in the same way, he can not be
deceived, and so, as said before, it
really seems as though the dog must be
able to read. ."-Baptist Weekly.
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God and tho

the world called them. God and tho
angels called them ugly.
II saw another pair of hands-ugly
hands the world called them. Not
small nor comely nor white, and wear
ing no jewels but tears from grateful
hearts whose loads they had lightened.
Hands the possessor of which none
would envy; over which no one would
bend, calling them beautiful. But they
were hands often folded in humble de-
votion; hands which had carried bless
ings to many home; which had
smoothed many a dying pillow, and
wiped away many falling tear; which
were never lifted to push away tho
children or brush away the poor; which
were weary, misshapen and hard with
toiling and doing for others. Ugly
hands the world called them. God and
the angels called them beautiful. y
Christian at Work.
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twelve years ago. The evangelist there
saw and called attention to the need Of
public resorts which should help to
draw working-men and the poorer
classes away from the rum-shops.
Acting on the hint, company was
formed and system of coffee-houses
established. The business was finan-
cial success from the beginning; there
are now sixty-one coffee-houses in Liv-
erpool, paying yearly dividend Of
ten per cent. on invested capital. From
Liverpool the movement spread
throughout England, and nearly all
the large cities and many of the small
er towns now have coffce-houses. Over
two hundred limited companies are
engaged in the business in England,
paying all the way from five to ten
per cent. in dividends. Out of seven-
ty-nine companies, six paid last year
over ten per cent, and thirty-six from
five to nine per cent. One coffee-house
in Birmingham has been in existence
for nine years, and up to the past two
years has paid ten per cent. divi-
dends, and since then has paid an
extra bonus of five per cent. In addi-
ton, the employees have received per-
centage Of the profits besides their sal
aries.
In London the coffee-house idea has
taken the form of the ''cocoa-room,"
managed under what is known as the
Lockhart system. In these cocoa-rooms
food and drink of excellent quality are
sold at prices which come within the
range Of the poorest. They have be-
sides other attractions which the
cheap drinking houses do not have. A
correspondent of the Churchman, speak
ing of the Lockhart system, says that
in every neighborhood where these
cocoa-rooms have been established in
London the drinking saloons are doing
most improbable business, and many
of them have been compelled to close
their doors. The projectors of the
system, it is added, make no profess
sions of philanthropic intentions, but
conduct the business on a strictly
paying basis and solely for profit.
As to the general results of the coffee
and cocoa business on the drink traffic
in England, the fact is adduced that in
1885 the revenue from alcohol in En-
gland was Fl, 1,179, 900 less than in 1884,
and that after making allowance for
the increase in population, the revenue
from alcohol has decreased about fS,-
$4,000 in the past ten years. Thee
can be no doubt that this reduction of
revenue, as well as the marked de-
crease in .intoxication observable in
| England, is partly owing to the intro
duction of the coffee-houses. After
making allowance for the altered con-
ditions of society in this country, there
is no reason to believe that the system
once established here on thoroughly
practical basis would not be as success
full as in England. There can be no
question that the need is as great.-M
y Observer
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TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

COUNT ToLsToI, the distinguished
Russian author, under the title of 1.-THE
Invention of Whisky" has sounded an
alarm against the devastation wrought
by alcohol in that country.
THERE are eleven different specifics
on the market for the cure of inebri-
ETY., and over fifty different patent
methods of reform and cure; and still
the army of inebriates keep on un-
diminished.-Jourmal of Iaebriety.
FERMENTED wine is indeed mocker.
1t promises us strength, and mocks us
with weakness. 1t promises us SUBJ
stance, and mocks us with shadow. 1t
promises us heat and mocks us with
cold. 1t promises us life and mocks
us with premature death. 1t promises
us intelligence and wit, and covers us
with visions of happiness, and plunges
us into the depths of despair. Western
Recorder.
CAPTAIN j. w. CRAIG, master of
roadway and transportation for the
Charleston & Savannah railroad, and
president of the Roadmasters' Associa-
ton of America, recently expressed the
following sentiments: "The time is not
far distant when Temperance will be
requirement of all grades of employees
in railway service. The demand of the
reform is growing greater each day."
In the United States there are 2,269
breweries, which produce annually
AGO, 1872, 400 gallons, or over seven gal
Ions per head. In Germany there are
23,940 breweries, which produce an
nually 9O0,OOO,OOo gallons, or over
twenty gallons per head. In Great
Britain there are 1924 breweries.
which produce annually 1.O50. 900, 900
gallons, or over thirty gallons per
head.
In Athens the severe laws of Draco
condemned to death any person con-
victed of being drunk. The wise laws
of Solon condemned an archont (the
highest public functionary in Athens
after the abolition of royalty, B. c.
1869 to a heavy fine for the first time
he was intoxicated, and in case of re-
lapse-to death. A citizen seen to en-
ter drinking shop was dishonored for
ever, and no more was required to
cause the Punishment of Senator
from the Areopagus (High Court of
Athens).
We compare badly with England in
the use Of strong drink. Our Internal
Revenue Bureau reports 1000. 900 gal
Ions more whisky distilled and drank,
and 1,500, 900 gallons more of beer last
year than in 1885. Reckoning at five
cents piece the cigars reported as
used, we spend for liquors and cigars
81, 200, 900, 900 annually, or not much
less than our entire National debt. In
England, per contra, the Government
revenue from alcohol in 1885 was e5.-
895, 900 less than in 1884; and the de-
crease has gone on steadily for ton
years.-Advance.
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A German Authority.

Alcohol even in small quantities ar
rests the digestive processes. The di-
gestion of albuminates is arrested moro
than the transformation of dextrine to
grape sugar. Gastric juice with twenty
per cent. of alcohol digests six to seven
times smaller quantities than the normal
secretion. This is explained by the pre-
cipitation OF pepsin by the alcohol.
Beer does not promote digestion. It
appears that this is due not 80 much to
its alcohol As to the presence Of large
quantities Of neutral salts that bind the
free acid Of the gastric secretion. II
few drops Of hydrochloric acid are
added this no longer inhibits. Ger.
Wsaw AedioGl yowrRGl.
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just "Mamma's Boy

There was a romantic incident con
nected with the recent burning Of a
steamboat on the Mississippi river. A
baby boy, SO young that he was unable
to tell his name, was found aosting
down the river. He was mile below
the scene of the disaster, but he was still
holding with a good grip to stick oi
timber. A colored woman saw the
little one and rescued him. Then she
asked him what his name was. His
only reply was: "Mamma's boy" His
mother was doubtless drowned, and
nobody knows the little fellows name.
Golden Days. ,ioi e.e.s...s....,.... x.
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
GLAD AND GAY.

Bertha was little maid,
Wrapped In blindness awful shade;
Yet her face was all alight
With smile SURPRISING bright.
"Bertha. tell" said one day,
"why you look SO glad and gay
Drumming full Of happinessg
What's the Joy! can not guessi"
In tone Of wondering,
Speaking thoughtfully and slow,
'Why" said she, II didn't know
There had happened any thing
Here the laughter rippled out
ITO be looking sad about.'
--En,ilie Poaisson, in 81. Nicholas.
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A WARMING TO BASHFUL MEN.

He sat beside her near the stove,
A prey to bashfulness
To her he spoke no words OF love,
Nor sought her hand to press.
No maiden ever had been wooed
BY him: the fact was plain.
For silently he sat and chewed
The knob upon his cane.
Sometimes he at the ceiling gazed,
Sometimes his glance would stray
To her. but when her eyes she raised,
He looked another way.
And thus they silent sat till she
Said: John, ought TO state
That m and 'na ore out to tea
And won't return till late.
NOW while they're absent, do not tease,
flut pray remember this
My hand you must not try to squeeze,
Nor steal from me kiss"
A. once the knob that graced his cane
John from his mouth withdrew.
And said. ~ Won't: don't think Miss Jane
That I'd do that to your
A deeper silence then ensued
Than had prevailed before;
John vigorously his canes knob chewed,
A frown James visage wore.
And thus they sat till half-past ten,
And when John rose to so,
Ara asked II he night cali again,
Jane curtly answered. NOT
--BOstOn Courier.
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What will the thrifty housekeeper 4,

What will the thrifty housekeeper do
when broom-corn gives outp There are
said to be signs Of its failure in localities
where 1t was once a leading crop. Thus
it 10 noted as curious fact that Msssa-
chusetts man recently sent to Illinois for
one hundred tons Of broom-corn for use
In the once famous broom mcorn-growing
Hadlsy meadows.-N = Eseesfner.
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DIR. w. II. Walshe saws that he

DIR. w. H. Walshe says that he
once saw dog who invariably uttered
q heart-rendIng howl when the note F
sharp on the fifth line OF the trebel clef
was struck on the piano. He had seen
him rouse up out OF apparent sleep at
the sound, The animal proved, under
repeated trials, perfectly Indifferent TO
the senitone above and below that note.
10 its oc.sves aud. IN fact, 70 sN Other
n0tes ,isi 3E sfsf ~
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Half a pint of rich milk. half a CT

Half pint of rich milk, half cup
of Bakers chocolate softened on the
fire. Let the milk come to a boil, then
stir in the chocolate very hard. then
add half pint best white sugar and two
tablespoonfuls Of molasses. Boil until
very thick. taking care not to burn it,
Pour on buttered tins, and when nearly
cold cut into squares. Good House.
keeDtaaQ.
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u
What could all this mean!
Simply this: that week ago-the very
night, in fact, that Major Brabazon stayed
at the Wheatsheaf-the London mail coach
was stopped on the borders of Hangman's s
Heath by a single highwayman, and the
passengers robbed and the guard shot dead.
Highway robberies perpetrated by gentle
men Of the road were at that period Of such
everyday occurrence that no one took much
notice of this particular robbery, and two
days afterward it was as good as forgotten
by the Plumperton folk. But when, ON the
sworn information Of Timothy Trap, a
London bagman, one OF the passengers
robbed, warrant was granted for the ap-
prehension of Major Brabazon, in conse-
euence Of which the Major had that very
mo rning been arrested just as he was leav-
ing his home to go and pay morning visit
10 his lady-love, the fair Widow Thomson ;
the bad news naturally fell like thunder
bolt on the town, and set every body wild
with excitement, as well it might. for there
was not soul in the place, and for miles
round as well, who did not know and like
the Major and his white-faced mare. The
Major turn highwayman and rob the mail,
just as he was going to be married, too |
Why, the idea was perfectly ridiculous.
At the inquiry before the Justices, Jacob
Shrub, who was called on the prisoners be-
half, proved that he assisted the Major,
who was very far gone In liquor, to bed; in
deed, he found him ON entering the sitting
room he and another gentleman had shared,
fast asleep, with his head in an empty
punch-bowl and half-squeezed lemon be-
tween his teeth. He never saw him again
until the next morning, when he break
tasted paid his reckoning and rode Of n
Major lesving the house in the dead Of night
and getting In again without some Of the in
mates knowing Of II, why itwould be simply
impossible least In his humble opinion.
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A writer says cottonseed meal can
be fed from one to four pounds daily,
mixed with other food for COWS. He
says: "While feeding two pounds dai-
ly, with twice as much bran and corn
meal, the butter product of cow ex-
perimented upon ran up to two pounds
daily" A large quantity is danger
Gus.
The composition of an omelette, Va
ried as it is in a hundred ways, needs a
great deal of judgment. Salt prevents
the eggs from rising, flour or too many
herbs will render it leathery OF indi-
gestible.
Plates and tumblers should never be
placed on the table bottom upward.
The fashion is antiquated, and has
neither sense nor beauty to commend
it.
Kerosene is excellent for cleaning
off old hardened gummy oil that has
accumulated on mowers, scrapers and
other farm machines.
For cold in the chest. flannel rag
wrung out in boiling water and sprlnk-
led with turpentine, laid on the chest
gives the greatest relief.
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SUPPLEMENT-.
The Arguments Before the Supreme

We present herewith other arguments be-
fore the Supreme Court in cases where either
Abbeville lawyers or Abbeville citizens are in
terested.
The publication is made purely because OF
the value of the papers submitted, and with
out any intention to pref udice the interests Of
any client one way or the other.
Whatever takes place in Court is public
property, and as these arguments are both In
structive and entertaining, we have gone to
the trouble to publish them, in the belief that
the general reader will consider this valua-
BILE feature Of the paper.
Having bought large font Of type for the
express purpose, we propose hereafter to pub
lish such briefs and arguments as we may
print in pamphlet form, and which may be
considered of general value to the reader.
The papers which we published last week.
and which we present this week, have been
prepared with great care, and make an able
presentation of the respective sides of the diff
ferent questions at issue.
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WASHING THE FACE.-Many Ia
dies have an idea that soap and water
applied to the face hurts the skin,
but they are greatly mistaken. The
face is as much exposed as the backs
of the hands, and needs soap as much
to get it clean. A fine quality of soap
is recommended, and after washing it
all off use coarse towel, and rub the
face vigorously until it is perfectly
dry. This mode of treatment will Of
ten cure redness, pimples, and black
heads, and improve the complexion
wonderfully. Hard rubbing will
make the skin fine as silk and bring il
into a normal and healthful condition.
Persons having very dry skin may
find an application of olive oil or CO.
coanut oil beneficial before going out
into the cold, open air. The excess, if
any, should be rubbed off with a tow
el.
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SUCCoTAsH.-Boil q piece of pork
almost an hour. Put the beans in
about fifteen minutes after the pork.
Then cut lightly the corn off the cobs,
and scrape the cobs with the back Of
the knife. Put in the corn fifteen
minutes after the beans. Use two
thirds corn to one-third beans. Boil
the cobs with the corn. If the corn is
not very sweet, add piece Of sugar
half as large as a walnut. (Another
excellent authority says: "Boil the
pork and beans three hours, and the
corn at least an hourly Lima beans
should be used.
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When our Savior appeared OH earth,
he was proclaimed from heaven as
bringing an impersonating peace. All
his doctrine was and is perpetually
peace. When he departed he breahed
upon his followers, for all time, the in
heritance of peace. 1t is the main ele-
ment of the gospel-the chief object of
mans cultivation here, and chief pro-
missed reward hereafter. 1t demands
love toward every enemy, whether OF
individuals or of nations. The sever
est prosecutions of persons and nations
must he submissively borne rather than
infringe upon the sanctity of peace.
Hostility and Christianity can no more
exist together, than can the service OF
God and mammon.
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Breakfast Bacon.

This is simply bacon used for break
fast, for which it is popular as 4 side or
extra dish on public tables. The best
is from pigs weighing about 100 pounds
when dressed. A good coat of lean
meat should be left along the back,
and the pigs should be breed which
has plenty of lean in them and which
has been grown to develop it. One OF
the best breeds for bacon and hams is
the Duroc-Jersey. Only the sides are
used for these should be cut length
wise in strips about six inches wide, or
wider, to get even cuts from the sides.
For 100 pounds of meat use six pounds
salt, four ounces saltpetre, and five
pounds brown sugar, which should be
mixed together and the meat rubbed
with it and piled with the flesh sides
I'D. Every three days it should be
rubbed until the mixture is all absorb
ed in the meat. 1t is then ready to
smoke, should be from hard maple,
hickory, birch or corn-cobs, and be
kept up until the meet is delicate
brown or dark straw color. The meat
may be packed in pickle of the same
proportions and be submerged in 1T for
Six weeks and then smoked. For
large bacon to keep through the sum-
mer one pound more OF salt may be
added. 1t is best to cure this in the
brine. Each piece of bacon should be
sewed up in a cotton cloth if sent to a
distance; but if sold near home this is
not necessary. Fancy packers of ba-
con dip the cloths in mixture of vel
low ochre to make them tight. The
bacon pieces should be of about equal
weight and the weight be marked on
the outside. All this does not ma Ike
the bacon any better, but it pleases the
eye of people who buy for looks-and
they are the larger number.
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Trucks vs.. Lindsay, IS Iowa, SOC.
B.
That retention of possession by Mrs Martin after execution o.
Rhives vs.. Baird, IL Pa, -
Todd vs.. Campbell 81 Pa, 2j4.
Crews vs.. Threadgill, 35 Ala. a34.
Parish Gates % Ala, 2G2.
Jones Nlorg. 2G7, 274.
Lock VS.. Palmer, 2G Ala. 3D.
The payment of interest also strong circumstance showing
that the transaction was really loan.
| Jones MOrg. 325, 273.
Todd VS.. Campbell 81 Pa, 25.
That collateral personal obligation by the morgagor is not
essential to distinguish the transaction as loan.
Coterell vs.. Long 20 Ohio, 472.
Rice Rice, + Pick. 349.
Russell VS.. Southard II How. L. S. 1881.
That in order to constitute mortgage it not essential that
should be made by the debtor him in whom
the equity of redemption will exist.
Carr VS.. Carr, 81 n Y, 25S.
Jones Morg. 331, 1874, 172.
the defendants object beginning to borrow
money, unless change be shown in her intentions, it is
sued that any she may have made of her real estate in
nection with it, was merely pledge to secure a oan
Gibbs vs. Penny, 43 Tex, $50
Penny applied to Gibbs for loan OF 5000 Gibbs refused to
deed certain piece of land he would let him have the money
which done Gibbs promised to in three months
money refunded with interest. Held mortgage.
l Jones MOrtg., Z 2G6
When absolute made upon application
on and agreement made to reconvey payment Of